Mozilla Firefox ESR < 60.7.1 Security Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 700741

Synopsis

The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to a security attack vector.

Description

Versions of Mozilla Firefox ESR earlier than 60.7.1 are unpatched for the following vulnerability:

- A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. (CVE-2019-11707)

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox ESR version 60.7.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-18/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 700741

Family: Web Clients

Published: 6/18/2019

Updated: 11/6/2019

Nessus ID: 105212

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11707